Same Pavilion Every Year Since The Fifties Your family's been renting the same pavilion for reunion every summer since the fifties. Great Smoky Mountains National Park Secret Appalachia Appalachian Stories Appalachian History Smoky Mountain Tennessee #FamilyReunion #SmokyMountainsTennessee #Appalachia #SmokyMountains #BlueRidgeMountains

Only Waterfall You Can Walk Behind Grotto Falls is the only waterfall in the Smokies where you can walk completely behind the falling water. It's been the park's top proposal spot for seventy years. Great Smoky Mountains National Park Secret Appalachia Appalachian Stories Appalachian History Smoky Mountain Tennessee #GrottoFalls #SmokyMountainsTennessee #Appalachia #SmokyMountains #BlueRidgeMountains

The Park Left Graves Underwater At Fontana Fontana Dam flooded the Proctor community in the nineteen forties. Park service promised to relocate all the graves before flooding. They moved some, left others underwater. Families still find headstones in the lake when water levels drop. Great Smoky Mountains National Park Secret Appalachia Appalachian Stories Appalachian History Smoky Mountain Tennessee #Fontana #SmokyMountainsTennessee #Appalachia #SmokyMountains #BlueRidgeMountains